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 | Japanese American Midwives: Culture, Community, and Health Politics, 1880-1950 (Asian American Experience) (5th Edition) by Susan Lynn Smith Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-252-07247-2 / 0252072472 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07247-5 / 9780252072475 In the late nineteenth century, midwifery was transformed into a new woman's profession as part of Japan's modernizing quest for empire. With the rise of Japanese immigration to the United States, Japanese midwives (sanba) served as cultural brokers as well as birth attendants for Issei women. They | |